Tooth-brush holder.



e. s. soovm TOOTH BRUSH HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. 1916- Pntented June 27, 1916.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY GDIOFREY SCQVEL'L, OE TQEQNTD, ONTARIO, CANAQAQ TOGTEL'BBUSl-i'. .HOLDEB.

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I Anmication'filcd January 25, 1915. Serial No. 74,258.

Toall'wlwm it'may concern: 14L formed on the plug section and is B it l 1 51, Gem-may S. Seminal," adaptedto engage the handle and receiver a subject-0t the King of Great Britain, resection so as to limit the insertion of the siding at Toronto, in the Province offtlnplug section into the section 10. Air vent 5 tario, Canada, have invented certain new openings 15 are iiiornicd in the plugsection. and useful linproveinems in Toothdirnsh 12 in substantial alineinent with the vent Holders, of which the following is a. speci opening 11 in the cl. sed end of the handle fication. l and receiver section 10 thus providing This invention relates to tooth brushes means for tllGClIClilflhlOIi of air in the re: 10 and the iohiect of the same is to provide a dc ceivcr or handle portion 1-0 When the dc- .65

vice whereby a tooth brush oi? the ordinary vice is positioned asshoivn inl ig. 2,.

shape can be conveniently carried in a garin use the plug section 12 is inserted in inent pocket. the section 10 shgwn in 1 and the More s iecifically this invention. provides a section 10 is used. as a handleto apply the I tooth lirosh holder including a pair oil secbristles of the brush hcld'hy the plug sections, one a receiver and handle, the other; a tion to the teeth. After use of the same the plug for insertion in one end oil saidrcceiver plug; section 12 is inserted in the section 10 and handle, the going section having the so as to position the handle of the brush in tooth brush attached thereto so that the the section 16 as clearly shown in liig. 2 and go crush can be positioned ivithin the receiver the device ivhen in this position can he carand handle or he retained in connection mind in the ordinary garment pocket. By With the same so as to utilize the receiver having the vent openings arranged as has and handle when the brush is in use. been heretofore set forth a complete circu- A. still further object of this invention is lation of air 'l'lQlllllltQCl in the section 1'3 25 to provide a tooth brush holder of the kind and thus the hristies of the brush will he so above described that is simple in constructhorous'hl v dried when in this position.

tion, efficient in operation and consists of It is oil course to be understood that the the niinlniuni.nninher of parts. plug section 12 is ot such size and the sccl i ith'these and'other objects in view, this tion 10 ot such n'iaterial as to make the fricso invention consists of certain novel construe tionai engagement of the faces of the plug tions, combinations and arrangement of section l2 and the handle. and receiver secparts, as will be hereinafter tully described tions 16 retain the sections in connection. and claimed. i Furthermore there is absolutely no likeli a In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 hood of the plug section being inserted too is a view in elevation of the improved defar into the receiver and handle section vice as it is when in use; 2 is a. longiwhen the said plug section is in either positudinal sectional view of the improved detion in that the head l-i will engage the end vice, the parts thereof being shown in a of: the haudlc andreceiver section. positionoppositc to that as shown in F 1 it is obvious that minor changes may he to the tooth brush being shown in elevation. made in the form and construction of this and Fig. 3 is a. section taken on line 23 of invention without departing from the ma- .Fig. 2. terial parts thereof. It is therefore not- Referring to the parts. by reference nn wished to conline'the invention to the ex morals, 1O designates a handle end receiver act form herein shown and described, but it 45 section having one end thereof open and in is Wished to include all such as properly its opposite end a vent 11. The otherseccome withinv the scope claimed.

-tion of this device is designated in its cn- I claim tirety by the numeral 12, the said. sect-ion 12 ln a. holder for tooth brushes of conven forming a plug for insertion in the openend tional. term, a handle and receiving section, a

r 50 of the handle and-receiver section 10. This second section adapted for insertion into said plug section 12 has formed at one end therehandle sceti on in either of tivh positions, a

of reduced neck lithe said neck being oi": reduced neck extending from one end of said such size as to snugly the handle of second section open at each end, said neck the conventional to rot tooth. brush. This being so disposed whereby, upon recention of is ry shown in and it. head the handle of the tooth. brush. the handle Elm will lie snugly against the inner wall ofm-id In testimony whereof I aflix my signature second section, and said second section hav- 1n presence of two witnesses.

ing means to limit its telescopic movement GODFREY S. SCOVELL. in the other section when the brush is ex- Vitnesses: 5 tended free of or inclosed in the latter sec- W. J. CRAWFORD,

tion. CHAS. BURNS. 

